The City Clerk’s office ran it’s 5th Annual “Ralphie’s School Supply Drive” in memory of Ralph Cronin, former collector in City Hall. City of Lynn employees came through as always to help prepare our Lynn kids with the supplies they…
Month: August 2018
Constantino Will Say Goodbye to Classical on Opening Day of School
Gene Constantino will walk in to Lynn Classical High School on the first day of school this year, just as he has done for the past 37 years of his career in the Lynn school system. But this time, he…
Greatness Times Two:Paula McGinn to be Inducted in to Endicott College Hall of Fame
Paula McGinn, one of the greatest high school athletes in Lynn history, is heading to her second Hall of Fame in two years. A Lynn Classical High School Hall of Fame inductee last year, McGinn will make her grand entrance…
Local Lynn Residents Join Santander and Revolution Players on Pitch at Gillette
Santander Bank and the New England Revolution held the first-ever open to the public soccer clinic at Gillette Stadium on August 17,from 5-7 p.m. Santander offered kids and families a once in a lifetime opportunity to play soccer alongside their…
NSCC Students Receive 2018 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholarships
North Shore Community College students Nephthali Calixte, Lynn, and Ryan Duggan, Saugus, have been selected as 2018 Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise Scholars and will each receive a $1,000 scholarship. The Leaders of Promise Scholarship, sponsored by the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation,…
News Briefs
Lynn Classical class of 1953 reunion The members of Lynn Classical High School Class of 1953 will conduct a 65th reunion on Saturday , Sept. 8. The affair will start at 12 noon at the new Lynn Classical High School, 235 …
Don’t Gamble the Planet’s Future on Unproven Technology
A group of senators recently introduced a bill that aims to combat climate change by funding research into “negative emission technologies,” which take greenhouse gases out of the atmosphere and store them underground. But these technologies aren’t very effective —…
Summer: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow
For those of us who live for the triple-H weather of summer — hazy, hot, and humid — the six-week period we enjoyed from July 4th week through this past Saturday was our proverbial cup of tea. Temperatures in the…
Special Needs Camp Games
Special Needs participant, Charlie, speaking with State Police officers in the Lynn Woods. Thirty-five boys and girls participated in Lynn Special Needs’ first Camp Games on August 8. Lynn, Hamilton, and Massachusetts State Police officers cheered for the athletes as…
Sunday’s Rainfall Floods Lynn
Anyone who doubts or denies that climate change is a serious issue that needs to be addressed sooner rather than later needs to look no further than Sunday’s biblical rainfall that dumped a whopping 8 inches of rain in Lynn…